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Sat, Apr 2, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0821114323
MIN19010011130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 17:03MINPierre-Marc BouchardAssists: Kyle Brodziak, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:09TBLRyan MaloneAssists: Dominic Moore, Mike Lundin · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:05TBLSteve DownieGWGAssists: Simon Gagne, Eric Brewer · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:58TBLSean BergenheimAssists: Martin St. Louis · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:54TBLPavel Kubina: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:18MINAntti Miettinen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 0:54TBLSteve Downie: Interference2 min
  4. P2 11:06MINAntti Miettinen: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:06MINGreg Zanon: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:06TBLVictor Hedman: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:20MINMatt Cullen: Interference2 min
  8. P3 12:02TBLMattias Ohlund: Roughing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← TBL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Lecavalier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLMIN
23Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals1.6
43Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits23
13Blocked shots10
1Giveaways4
3Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Downie – Stamkos11:22

    xG 0.58–0.45 (56%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

  2. St. Louis – Lecavalier – Thompson8:55

    xG 0.16–0.05 (76%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Bergenheim – Tyrell3:46

    xG 0.01–0.01 (60%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Malone – Moore – Purcell5:58

    xG 0.03–0.04 (43%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKubina – Hedman10:42

    xG 0.46–0.14 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Ohlund – Clark11:36

    xG 0.21–0.09 (69%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Brewer – Lundin13:56

    xG 0.20–0.27 (43%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBouchard – Brodziak – Clutterbuck7:08

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Brunette – Miettinen – Koivu8:07

    xG 0.06–0.15 (27%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Cullen – Havlat – Kobasew6:10

    xG 0.06–0.24 (20%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Spurgeon2:03

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Spurgeon10:59

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Stoner2:50

    xG 0.06–0.02 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

MIN 1.6 xGTBL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINTBL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #916 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 66% of the time.

MIN winsTBL wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − TBL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).